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PORTLAND
Ton-Litter Contest
for Oregon Pigs
P o rk e r» T h a t W in T h e s e
P riz e s Will Bo P ig s
W o rth R a isin g
RIDES
Portland slobbered over all Oregon
In a “pull together” campaign, tell-
ing the rest of the state that its In*
In a recent issue the Enterprise
terests and hers are identical and told of ton-litter pig contests. The
that a great and abiding love ought
abject is now being brought home
to exist between them.
to Oregon hog raisers by the appro
“Pull together” means “Pull as I priation of 1160 for prizes at the
do."
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tate fair, as follows:
Then Portland sharpened her knife
$50 for the best six months old
(with coin) and went out to hit the i tter weighing a ton or more, $40
governor and beat the income tax
30, »20 and »10 for the next four
and corral the legislature, and she
and »10 fer the heaviest six-months-
did .hose things.
Representative Swan and Senator old pig. Prof. E. L. Potter of O. A.
Garland, from this coufity, though I C. has charge of the contest. Open to
they were lawyers, did not “belong.” I any litter farrowed after March 1.
They have “talked Bassy” to some I . ,r. Potter must be notified within 5
of Portland’s two-legged property at .ays after the farrowing.
Salem. Our other representative,
The litters will be weighed Tuesday,
£lder Tucker (do not call him “Rev.”
.eptember
29, at the fairgrounds, by
He is pastor in a denomination which
ordains eiders to preach but says a committee of two men, one. of
"Reverence God.”) has called down v nom shall be the college repiesent-
opposition from farmers and a veto itive. If any litter seems to have an
from Gov. Pierce by a stock Inspec (. xessive fill they shall be weighed
tion bill that might tend to health the following daj>. Any litter which
but would create a salaried position weighs a ton may ipmpete if they are
for which stock owners would have Uss than 180 days old. Litters over
to pay. He also sought to create .30 days will have 1 2-3 pounds per
another salaried board to censor ■ig .taken off for every day over 180
movies without providing a censor c.iys, and every litter under 180 days,
for the censors, and he has, with the f weighing a ton, will have 1 2-3
rest of the county, been defeated on •founds per day per pig Added to
the Clear lake bill.
t ejr weight.
No doubt there was justice In. in
We shall not be Surprised if some
creasing our county school superin ol Linn county’s boys’ and girls’ pig
tendent’s salary, but it could only be clubs draw down some of that $160,
accomplished on the “you tickle me i >r they have pedigreed stock and
and I’ll tickle you" plan and Port h:.ve studied proper feeding and care.
land’s breathing property has fast
ened on the tax ridden state a lot of
needless salary raises and other ex
penses. To add to this Increase of
tax burden it has called for a consti
tutional
amendment
that would
abolish the inheritance tax and forbid C a re fu l A tte n tio n to th e
income tuxes for fifteeb years, tho
Quality May Build a
the people could straightway (amend
, P a y in g B u sin e s s
the amendment to read “two years”
or “fifty years” if they and the leg
(By O. A. C. Experts)
islature should choose.
Corvallis, Feb. 20. — Grass seed
The amendment is like much of the
production, Vhich has been of minor
other work of the wise men at Salem,
mpdhtance in western Oregon for a
of no earthly use except to add to
lumber of years, is becoming profit
the muddle that clutters up our laws
able and prominent in Linn county.
and constitution.
The acreage grown for seed in wes
Portland Is riding a titgn horse—
tern Oregon has increased very much
perhaps too high for safety.
in the last few years.
“Pride goeth before a fall.”
English fjnd Italian rye, tall mea
Governor Pierce, with his back to
dow oat grass, orchard glass and
thq wall, has fought the raiders as
creeping bent and some red panary
we(f as he could and is slated for de
and timothy are being grown.
feat for a re-election If the gang con
Seed produced in western Oregon
tinue to “put it over” the country.
superior to that grown in many
W estern O regon
for Grass Seed
More Instead of fewer commissions,
more instead of fewer office hold
ers, and higher instead of lower sal
aries were in the Portland ph n of
uttack on the state treasury and the
tax payers thia year.
Evidence which seems credible has
been produced to show that John
tVilkes Booth, who assassinated Pres
ident Lincoln, escuped, that a man
named Ruddy, was killed in his stead,
i.nd that Booth under an assumed
name committed suicide in Enid, Ok.,
In 1903, by taking poison, and that
his embalmed body is now In Mem
phis. Also that during his life he
told the details of the ptottlng of
the murder and implicated Andrew
.'cckson in it,
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The senate voted down n bill to
forbid cigaret billboard advertising
in Öregon. The legislature is look
ing for more ways of raising the
looney it has appropriated so freely
end may tax cigsrets, so the more
of them our boys and girls are In
duced to buy the more revenue
Betweun IS,000 and 16.000 acre teet
ct water at present Is Impounded In
the Ochoco reservoir near Prineville,
and It Is believed by H M Chadwick,
assistant slate engineer, that the
reservoir will till to capacity this win
tar a»*!
C aalld g a A pp ro ves A u s tra lia " C ru ise
Washington. D. C. President Cool
Idge has given Unal approval to th«
cruise of the United States fleet U
Australia.this summer.
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Ohio Potatoes Produce
Higher Yields in 1924
Washington, D. C.—Divorcement .of
the big five meat packing companies
from their control of meat refrigerator
cars was recommended by the federal,
trade commission In a report aent to
the aenate In response to a resolution
calling for Information regarding the
consent decree entered Into by the
packers with the department of Justice
In 1920.
The commission alio recommended
that atepa be taken either by the courts
or congress to separate the big pack
ers finally from tbelr ownership of
stockyards through sale either to ex-
letlng agencies such aa the principal
connecting railroads, or to separate
companies, "entirely Independent both
In law and. In fact." Stockyards and
railroad cars are In fact adjuncts of
transportation, the commission held,
and as sucb, their operation should be
subjected to regulation of the inter
state commerce commission.
Ohio certified seed potatoes produce
higher yields (at least In Ohio) than
do the certified tubers from sister po
tato-growing states, says N. W. Gllnes,
farm crops specialist at Ohio State
university. He bases his assertion on
results obtained at the Ohio experi
ment station at W ooster. Tests there
showed average yields of 204 bushels
an acre for Ohio R usset Rurals, 218
bushels for Ohio W hite Rurals. 147
bushels for Wisconsin White Rurals,
179 bnshels for Michigan Russet Ru
ral« and 122 bushels for New York
White Rurals, the latter, .however,
only on the basis of one sample.
The Ohio samples were obtained by
securing a peck from each grower
whose seed was certified In 1923, this
being one of the requirem ents for cer
tification.
Mr Gllnes reports an increasing In
terest throughout the state In certified
seed In 1924 there were 8,700 bushels
of Ohio White Rurals and 2,830 btfeiidls
of Ohio Russet R urals certified for
seed.
MEAT SHORTAGE PREDICTED
Keep Flock Healthy
Through Sanitation
Flnancars Told America May Lose
Position In W orld M arket.
New York.—The American family's
"T-bone steak" and "prime roast beef
au jus,” will be both scarce and dear
by next September, a delegation ol
cattle raisers and dirt farmers from
mid-western states told Wall street
financiers at a luncheon.
The westerners thought that the
butcher would be forced to put on
the screws because of herds dispersed
during the ruinous post-war slump.
The national meat shortage, the
visitors agreed, threatens to become
so acute by fall that it may cost
North America Ita position In world
markets as a meat producer.
Judge Helds Flivver Perm Tool.
Bend.—An automobile Is A farm 1m
plement and therefore exempt from at
tachment up to g oertalo sum, Circuit
Judge T. E. J. Duffy held in the re
plevln action of Seth Stockey, rancher
versus Albert Julian, conatable. That
Is, of course. If the car la used In
connection with the operation of the
tarm.
Free Qraxlng Favored By Senate.
Washington, D. C.—The secretary ol
the Interior would be authorized tc
waive all fees during 1925 tor graz
Ing on public lands under a joint
resolution adopted by the senate.
T H E M ARKETS
Portland
Wheat — Hard white, $1.88; soft
white, $1.80; northern spring, $1.80;
hard winter and western white, $1.79;
western red, $1.78.
Hay—Alfalfa. $19®19.50 ton; valley
other sections, being large, plump, timothy, 819® 20; eastern Oregon
of good color and high germination, timothy. $22»24.
and easily cleaned to high purity.
Butterfat—47c delivered Portland.
A number of large seed house« in
E ggs— Ranch, 23® 25c. 1
the United States have representa
Cheese—Prices f. o. b. Ttllamock:
tives in western Oregon Investigat Triplets, 2tc; leaf. 27c per lb.
ing and contracting for pure grass
Ceattle— Steers goqd. $7.50®8.00.
seed.
Hogs — Medium to choice, 810.5 ©
Success in growing pure grass 11.85
seed depends on the grower’s knowl
Sheep—Lambs, medium to choice
edge of grasses and their seeding 811018 50.
habits, methods of hr-ndling and
S eattle
ability to put high grade seed on
Wheat—Soft white, 81.81; western:
the market.
It* is important that
growers market only pure seed, for j white, 81 79; hard winter, $1.79; wee i
on the quality of seed depends the de era red. 91.79; northern spring. $1 81.
Rig Rend bluestem, $2.11.
velopment of this industry.
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Hay— Alfalfa, $23; D. O . $29; tlm
B.irnyard manqre reinforced with I othy. $2«; D. C.. $28; mixed hay. $24
Butterfat—45c.
30 to 30 pounds of acid phosphate
Eggs Ranch. I3 © 3 0 c
per ton gives good results, tspsclslly
pei ton gives good results especially • Hogs -Prime mixed, $12012 25
C attle—Choice steers. 17 5 0 9 7 00
on Oregon soils that have been crop
Cheese--Washington cream brick
ped for some time.
In the older
19c;
Washington triplets. 19@20<
dairy sections of the state, acid phos
phate is used in the gutter and sta Washington Young Americas 21022c
ble«. A handful of acid phosphate is
Spokane.
scattered behind each stall and in
Hog»-Prime mixed. $11.75 011 85
that way becomes thoroughly mixed
Cattle— Prime steers, 87250776
with th» manure. In thia way the
manure is not only reinforced with !
phosphorus, but the land plaster in ' The Coos bey district, which Is pro
the acid phosphate unites with the gressing rapidly In development of the
ammonia, preventing a loss of nitro cheese Industry, Is already laying
plans for observance of ''cheese week."
gen.
dated for the first week of Jdav.
eny ceuneu.
VEAL
POULTRY EGGS
CA PO N S
lutsui plaster can be used to advan-
HOGS
I tage as a top dressing at the rate
(tweet clover Improvee the poll much
more rapidly than red clover, hecsn-e We want your produce and guar
anlee the highest market price«
ft hat a greater root system which
penetrates the subsoil deeper than red Our business «•tabhshed 44 vaars
clover The long roots loosen up the
ago
enbsnll and at the same time put Erfercnca, Hank of California
humus la It
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R e p o rt A g a in s t C ar
C o n tro l b y P a c k e rs
Practically 76 per cent of the wheat
la Umatilla county was killed by the
December treese and It will require
about 1760.000 to pay for wheat with
which to reseed.
of 40 to SO pound« per acre, applied
i so that spring ruin will take it into
the soil It is also used by many
potato growers to dust seed after
; cutting, previous to planting tays
the OJk.C. experiment station.
Plan to Secure. Eggs While
Prices Are High.
It Is most im portant that the h lrd i
be kept In health during the w inter
months, not sltnply because we are
anxious to secure a good production
while prices are high but also because
the condition of the birds now Is going
to materially affect the results of the
breeding season next spring and the
mortality for the whole coming yeur.
You have probably noticed how
quickly the birds quit scratching when
the litter becomes heavy or dirty anil
begin to spend much time sitting
about. This reduces their .circulation,
makes them more subject to colds and
also slows up digestion and appetite.
Dust has been shown to irritate the
birds' lungs and makes them more
subject to colds. Ju st how to keep
this dust down on dirt 11.sirs Is a prob
lem. filling has been tried, hut the oil
Is usually tracked onto the eggs, a f
fecting their flavor and hatch ability.
Several Inches of clean sand on the
pecked dirt with straw above this
seems to be the best solution. Ashes
or cinders should not be put In the
house. The form er makes an exceed
ingly fine and caustic dust, the latter
are sharp and often result In Injury
to the feet. The w riter has not seen
a patented Utter which proved entire
ly satisfactory.
Most hen houses need a much more
frequent disinfecting than they usual
ly get to destroy accumulations of bac
teria causing roup and other con
tagious diseases. A fine spray ts su
perior to painting because It Is dark
cracks which need the application
most. The floor and nests should he
thoroughly sprayed each time the lit
ter Is removed. .Sheep dips diluted a
pint to twelve quarts of w ater are sat
isfacto ry — O. C. Krum. Poultry Spe
cialist, Colorado Agricultural College.
Male Is Half the Flock
Each male bird that Is retained as
a breeder In your poultry flock will
contribute half the characteristics pos
sessed by the chicks hatched thle
spring. Round up your males and see
that all of them possess the traits yon
want to have transm itted to your next
season's chicks. In case you buy baby
chicks tfom a hatchery. It Is nn ad
vantage to buy them where some a t
tention la paid to getting eggs from
well-bred flocks.
Not so many sets of tw in lam bs at
usual are being born this year In the
corrals and shed» of U m atilla county
sheep men. according to reports from
growers. The single lam by are rugged
and healthy, however, and prom ise to
m ake excellent growth
Market Agent
W rites a Letter
Foul Seed. P o o r Sacks
C o -o p e ra tio n C ro w d
O re g o n L a g s
Portland, Feb. 19.
Dockage of wheat on account of
weed seeds and other foul material,
and smut dockage, are a source of
an astonishing aggregate loss to
grain growers. Clean the grain of
dockage at the thrasher» and of
smut at the elevators, thereby mak
ing a greap saving in freight, hand
ling and insurance costs.
The following items are taken from
the reports of the samplers and
weighers in the railroad yards.
“Car of 735 sacks, 189 bad orders,
19 respeks, sacks in every poor con
dition, nails in walls* and floor.
“Box car, 163 bad orders, 16 re
sacks, all sacks on floor piled on
edge, seams and ends hursted.
"Car, 117 bad order sacks, 119 re
sacks, sucks in very poor condition.
“Car of barley, 1000 sacks, 608 bad
orders, 60 per cent more or less
caked.
“Mixed car of wheat and oats,
sacks in lot No. 2 tied, not sewed. 19
came loose and contents mixed with
bulk wheat.”
Hundreds of such ¿terns of care
lessness and waste are recorded in
the Department, and the costs of re
sacks, the loss of grain and the cost
of labor all come out of the growers’
pocket.
Minnesota farmers practice co-op
eration. Every branch is leaping
ahead. In one county, Ottertail, the
co-operators own their own paper
" to defend our enterprises when they
reach dimensions that become men
acing to big business,” the
paper
states.
The state
co-operative
creameries' did »1,000,000 business
last year in handling machinery and
supplies alone, of which »100,000 was
returned to members in dividends.
The butter from these creameries
commands a premium on the market,
while the milk produced ratqs 92 per
cent or better.
In 1919 the grange» of Washing
ton state organized the Grange
Warehouse company. Today it has
CO stores and 34,000 iamIHes on its
membership rolls, and every variety of
food which can be sold in tin retain
ers is offered for sale under the slo
gan “Direct from producer to con
sumer.” The farm members of the
co-operation raise most of the vege-
! tables and fruits sold under the co
operative label. Nearly every rural
center in the state has its store, with
central warehouses in the larger
cities.
The organization
follows
along the lines of the Rochdale sys
tem in England.
Agricultural
producers
in
Oregon
should get in line with other states
in co-operative movements. The ex
periment stage has passed and the
system is now getting down to a bus
iness foundation that get» results.
It is but a matter of union, strength
and loyalty, and Oregon appears to
lie lagging behind other states.
C, E. Speuce,
State Market Agent.
Eggs for Hatching
It la poor policy, says N. E. Chap
man, poultry specialist with the exten
sion division a t U niversity farm at S t
Paul, Minn., to use hatching eggs th at
M e e tin g to P lan Seed W h e a t R e lie f.
are more than two weeks old. Fresh
Seattle. W ash.—Business men and •<ii» are the best. If It Is regarded
bankers In thia city called % confer necessary to keep hatching eggs they
ence W ednesday In the Seattle cham should t>e stored In u tem perature of
ber of commerce building to discuss DO degrees or lower. Instructions sent
with the Incubator should be studlsd
financial aid for dry land farm ers
and followed.
e a st of the Cascade mountains.
f J T o reduce your present high cost of
feed- j.
I infuse
Alfalfa Meal Molasses
J This is Alfalfa Meal and pure Cane Mo- J
J lasses. A really good dairy feed
J
Fresh shipment just received
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Mra. Mabel Bast has been appointed
postmaster at Suntex, Harney county.
The annual meeting of the Umatilla
County Benkers' association was held
in Pendleton.
J. R. Raley, a Pendleton attorney,
has been chosen to manage the Port
land Hose Festival thl» year. *
The annual three-day convention of
the Oregon Hardware and Implement
Retail Dealers will open In Portland
March 4.
Construction of a bridge over the
Columbia river between Longview,
Wash., and Rainier, was approved by
the senate.
An extensive program of street im
provements for 1925 In Oregon City
has been tentatively outlined by the
city commission.
The Portland Kennel club will hold
Its annual bench exhibition of blood
ed dogs In the Portland city auditor
ium April 2, 8 and 4.
March 3-8, Inclusive, was. announce
ed as dates for the annual northwest
ern convention of the Christian and
missionary alliance In Hood River.
The Deschutes river within the city
limits of Bend will soon be spanned
by a new bridge. If a move launched
by residents west of the river ma
terializes.
Wooden bridges, instead of con
crete, will be built over the mill race
at Patterson and Hllyard streets in
Eugene, according to a decision by the
John B. Bell Jr. of Eugene, has been
appointed principal cadet at the
United States military academy at
West Point by Senator Stanfield, with
Roy Jarman of Echo as first alternate.
George A. Neuner, Jr., of Roseburg,
was recommended by the Oregon sen
ators for United States attorney tor
the district of Oregon to succeed John
S. Coke, who resigned some months
ago.
An estimate giving Portland a popu
lation" of 355,445, and, with the dis
tricts Just outside, 460,000. was made
by the Industries department of the
Portland chamber of commerce re
cently.
The state supreme court has hand
ed down an opinion affirming the cir
cuit court for Coos county In the case
of L. W. Pearce, who Is in the peni
tentiary at Salem awaiting execution
tor the murder of James Culver.
Work is expected to be started in
a short time on the ten miles 'of rail
way to be built by J. H Chambers,
lumberman of Cottage Grove, from
that city to a tract of timber beyond
Lorane, where a large sawmill will
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The big state highway bridge across
the Lewis and Clark river on the
lower Columbia river highway. Is near
ing completion, and according to A.
O. Skelton, reaident engineer In charge
of the work, the structure will be
opened tor traffic about March 1.
A special election will be netd oy
11 school districts in the northern
part of Clackamas county February
28 to vote on the proposed union high
school at Milwaukie.
The first passenger, freight and
telegraph statlop tq be added by the
Southern Pacific Railway company on
Its Eugene-Klamath Palls line is now
in operation at Westfir.
John M. Jones. Portland postmas
ter, has been named vice-president of
the National Association of Post
masters to represent Oregon, Washing
ton, Idaho and Montana.
Advices received at Ione state that
an oil well drilling outfit has been ship
ped for the lone Oas A Oil company
and that drilling operations will h g ln
not later than March 1.
The Hermiston high school debate
team won the debate against Pendle
ton last week and thereby stepped on
the first rung of the ladder that may
lead to the state contest.
rtie basketball championship of dis
trict No. 2 of the Oregon State High
School association will be decided In
« tournament to be played In Pendle
ton February 2«. 27 and 28. The dta
trlet comprises Morrow, Umatilla, Gil
liam and Wheeler counties.
More than 8500,000 w il~ be "«pent
In Portland, and a total of $1.000,-
000 in the entire state during the
Present year by the Pacific Tele
phone A Telegraph company tor ex
tensions and Improvements of plant
and equipment.
The house bill authorising addition
of certain lands to the Santlam na
tional forest In Oregon was acted on
favorably by the senate. A house' bill
transferring a tract of land In Lane
county to the state of Oregon for fish
hatchery purposes also was success
ful.
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